The Gateway Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.505 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Gateway Primary Academy is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Gateway Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.505 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.505 miles away, the 151st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Milestone Road, Dartford, DA2 6DW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love learning in this school.”
- “They are incredibly proud to talk about how they can become better learners by being resourceful and resilient.”
- “They use the colourful classroom displays to help them talk knowledgeably about ambitious ideas like mathematical probability.”
To improve
- “Subjects such as physical education (PE) and design technology are still in development.”
- “Leaders are still refining the order in which pupils will learn different knowledge and skills to meet the aims of the curriculum.”
- “As a result, teachers need further support from leaders to make an accurate assessment of pupils’ progress in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 83% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Brent Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fleetdown Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published